StrokerBoy

No, it'll just be the post. Easily glued back together, or you can drill and pin it for extra strength.

But reformed again. My missus dragged me to "an 80's disco" at Brid Spa last year and they were performing live.

Square-4 Bantam ?!

I like how you never have any idea what Granddad Stinky's thread will be about, but it makes sense after you read it.

This is ace.

Mine's still happily running the same spec it had when I built it in 1989 : MSC, Techniplus 27MHz Rx/Tx, even the genuine Tamiya headlight bulbs (what's an LED ?). Unless you find one NIB (or the V8 grille and FORD tailgate are mint), an original one is never gonna be worth much, so just kick it into life with re-re bits and get wheeliein' ! (I bought a few body spares back in the day, so my Lowride Pumpkin also has the proper V8 grille and FORD tailgate)

Cop Car Workshop on Dave. On paper it's exactly my sort of programme. Under the skin of specialist police vehicles : building, testing and repairing everything from panda's to ARV's, motorbikes and trucks. But they've decided to add a 'comedy' narrator, and focus mainly on the typical fat idiot boss who thinks he's Peter Kay but is much closer to David Brent. Best watched on demand, so you can fast-forward through the painfully-naff bits.

It's very thick and glossy. But very disappointing compared to the old RC Guide Books. And if you want to see trucks then you need to buy an extra book.

No offence intended. Just read your whole build thread on it, there's a lot of high-quality work gone into that.

I did wonder if the '0' key had bounced...

One of mine. It was a big puddle...

As listed in my signature below. The VW, Brat and NSR500 are all still NIB awaiting building, the other 10 are all runners although the Mini still has no paint 15 years after being built. The Lancia and Laguna are new spare/alternative shells.

Went to Pleasure Island (Cleethorpes) yesterday, they've gone bust and are selling everything off. Fancy a full-size 2-player Sega Rally arcade machine for my lounge... Anyway, saw this sign in the car park, they've obviously had some trouble in the past...

The Beast From The East...

Good riddance. All the cool individual toy shops died as soon as Toys 'R Us opened their vast soulless warehouses.

It ought to be a brilliant shop, but my local one never had what I went in for and frankly I won't miss it. And Toys 'R Us have been sucking all the fun out of toys since 1985 too, so the same applies.

Had a bit of a spring clean of the attic at the weekend, counted my 1:64-scale 55/56/57 Chevys. I've got 171, all different, plus a few duplicates. A few are still in their packaging, most aren't. And I still don't collect these, they just seem to find me...

Given your fondness for Unimogs, I thought I knew where this thread was heading, but I was wrong...

Looking forward to this, I'm a big Lancia Rally fan as you know (but not as much as you !). I went to a one-off local car meet at an airfield about 15 years ago, there was all sorts of stuff going on. There was a bloke thrashing his genuine Martini 037 round the sprint course, and at one point I saw it with the rear shell up and him working on it on his own. No-one seemed to care where you wandered, so I went over for a closer look. After a minute, he noticed me and asked me to pass him a spanner. I ended up helping him change the plugs before he went off for another lap. I've since added "Lancia Works Group-B Mechanic" to my CV...

Don't forget the Limited Edition drift version on the M06 chassis...

There's a CR01 Unimog too.

RC-related ? Very tenuous really, Wild Kitty's only there for scale... The object on the right is my Christmas present from my wife, a 3kg RAF practice bomb. It sits on my desk/bench, and before anyone calls the bomb squad, it's perfectly safe (although it's only a practice round, there's a flash and smoke charge for judging aiming and this one's spent). I found a genuine safety pin/tag online and retro-fitted it. Anyway, it was also missing the cap off the top but a lucky search revealed a 69mm prop spinner for an RC aircraft might be a good match. I had to dremel out the boss and fill/sand/paint it (too cold for painting really) but it's close enough until I can find a real one.

Use fine wet&dry paper rather than the rough sandpaper you use for the skirting boards in your house. But the principle is the same. Get it from Halfords or a decent DIY shop, maybe even your local poundshop. The smaller the number, the more coarse it is. If you do scratch the shell, you can fill and sand it to restore it, but you don't want to be going round in circles forever. I avoid solvents 'cos you need to be sure they've totally gone before you start painting again, but some people prefer that approach.

Patience is key, both in the initial painting and this remedy. Sounds like you put too much paint on originally. The good thing about proper ABS shells though is that you can fix this and no-one need ever know. I'd wait until the paint is properly dry before sanding it back, rather than taking it off with brake fluid or similar. Could take ages, especially if the runs are bad. But sand the runs down until they're gone and everything is nice and flat again. You don't have to take all the paint off, just the bad bits. It'll have to look worse before it eventually looks better - don't worry. You can feel any high-spots as much as see them. Once perfectly smooth, start painting again. Spray a thin coat, don't worry if you can still see patches underneath. Repeat with thin coats until it's consistent everywhere. Take your time. Good luck, and put some pics on here when it's done.

Putting the 'mog' in 'Unimog'...